Salem High School - Quaker Yearbook (Salem, OH)

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-:::g::iMl ' 4 l95'-I E J 4 1 A .a 9' , Q .qv n 1 l957i X These Were Our Classes Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors-the four classes that make up Salem High, each taking an equal part in the never-ending cycle of high school life. Walking 'through the halls during a period change, you might have been able to tell to which class We belonged by the Way we acted. The shy, always-in-a-hurry group was the Freshmen. The Sopho- mores, having profited by a Whole year's experience, were more at ease. No longer were they embarrassed to sign out of study hall, and no more did they go up and down the wrong stairs. The proud Juniors strutted a bit, for they had just graduated to the second floor and were upperclass- men at last. The students that strode the halls with gay assurance were the Seniors, more confident than they would ever be again, hiding those first faint twinges of uncertainty beneath a swaggering braggadocio. But no matter which class We belonged to, democracy prevailed, and yve vvere all subject to the same rules-tardy bell at 8:30, no gum-chew- inbg in school, get corridor passes signed, bring signed excuses for a sences. Holding us all together was a feeling of pride in our high school and a hope that what our class accomplished would make Salem High a lit- tle better than it had ever been before. 18 SULEA-

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SENIORS . . . Senior Class Officers Charles Jones, Presidentg Marjorie Jensen, Secretary-treasurer, Sanford Han- sell, Vice-president. Seniors Achieve 12-Year Goal Seniors-the very sound of the word was magic! The aim of 12 years' work was almost achieved when we passed into that upper bracket. Now was the time of the Senior play . . . of sitting in the coveted middle section for assemblies . . . of measurements for caps and gowns . . . of scholarship exams . . . of English IV and its maddening punctuation . . . of the marriage problems course where we learned how to be good husbands and wives . . . and of all the lasts -the last football game, the last basketball game, the last track meet, the last concert, the last prom-and finally the last march down the aisle at Commencement, when we knew that the magic was over and we were ready to face reality. But always a little of that magic will be recaptured when we remember our life at Salem High. 20